1) This picture was done in black and white which helped add to the meaning of the photograph. There is good contrast and it adds a more depressing feel to the picture. Looking at the picture, you can tell that the girl is depressed, which makes the mood a sad one. The photographer seems to be trying to capture a picture of a bored and depressed girl. You can tell this by the expression on the girl's face as well as her body language. This photo makes me feel depressed. It is partially due to the picture being black and white which i associate with that type of mood and partially due to the body language and facial expression of the girl. The framing of the girl behind the bars of the railing makes it seem as if she is in some type of jail cell or something. Because the picture is in black and white, it adds to the contrast as well which makes the light spots make the dark spots seem darker. This gives a more dark tone to the image. This looks like a studio lit image because the lighting on one side is very bright and the lighting on the other side of the girl is nearly non-existant
2) In this image, the photographer made the picture black and white to add more meaning. The shot was taken in a dustbowl setting which also adds meaning to the shot. This image has a depressed feeling as well. It reminds me of the Great Depression because the image is of an older woman holding a young child, most likely her grandchild, and they are in a baron field, which seems like the type of setting for the Great Depression. The woman in the photograph is in extremely normal clothes, nothing out of the ordinary (obviously depending on the time period of the photograph) so you can assume that the family does not have a lot of money, and that means that the parents of this child are probably out trying to make money at jobs, leaving the kid to be taken care of by the grandmother. The photographer made this photograph black and white because the lack of color adds to the effect of the image, making it seem as if all color is drained from the depressed area. This same drained feeling is also represented by the dustbowl setting where nothing is able to grow.
3) It appears that in this image the artist who edited it darkened the sky because the image was most likely to hot to use. There is a lot of similarity between the houses and buildings on the side of the street, which makes the kids running in the middle of the road stand out much more then anything else, becoming the subject matter. The image is obviously being staged in a ghetto, making that the theme of the image. Looking at this image I see three kids crossing the street in a ghetto neighborhood, which makes me assume they are going to do something they should not be doing. By framing these kids in the foreground of the image, it is easy for the artist to make them the subject matter and still have a lot of different things going on in the background. The image is also in high depth of field so you can get the full effect of their surroundings. There are a lot of reds and yellows in the image, but the kids are presented in darker colors, making them stand out better then anything else. Doug Ricard is the
photographer of this image.
4) Based on the background and the quality of the lighting, I am assuming that this is a studio lit image. The lighting keeps the black and white image from having a depressing feel to it. The image has a curious and happy mood to it. I say this because of the expression on the woman's face in the picture. She is smiling and looking off in the distance to the side, seeming like she is thinking about something. When I look at this picture I think of something along the lines of "A glint of happiness in a hopeless time." I think this because the woman seems to still have something to hold on to that makes her happy, even though she is old and eventually all people die. I am curious what she is looking over at or what she is thinking about. This image is in low depth of field, because she is the only thing visible, but it may also be that the background has nothing to it, being a blank white backdrop. Herb Ritz is the photographer of this image.
5) To express the mood of this image, it was done in black and white, and also based on my knowledge from class, i know that it was made from two different pictures being clashed together. This image has a very depressed and ominous mood to it. This photographer is talking about death. The dead body on the table ( I say table because it doesn't seem to be a bed) is the same person as the man looking down upon it. This makes me think that the man is thinking about how easily anyone could die, even himself. I feel very apathetic about this image, being that it doesn't seem to evoke any emotion in me. The contrast of this image makes "both" people in it seem very dark and all of their surroundings seem light, adding to the depressing tone of the image.
1) This picture was done in black and white which helped add to the meaning of the photograph. There is good contrast and it adds a more depressing feel to the picture. Looking at the picture, you can tell that the girl is depressed, which makes the mood a sad one. The photographer seems to be trying to capture a picture of a bored and depressed girl. You can tell this by the expression on the girl's face as well as her body language. This photo makes me feel depressed. It is partially due to the picture being black and white which i associate with that type of mood and partially due to the body language and facial expression of the girl. The framing of the girl behind the bars of the railing makes it seem as if she is in some type of jail cell or something. Because the picture is in black and white, it adds to the contrast as well which makes the light spots make the dark spots seem darker. This gives a more dark tone to the image. This looks like a studio lit image because the lighting on one side is very bright and the lighting on the other side of the girl is nearly non-existant
2) In this image, the photographer made the picture black and white to add more meaning. The shot was taken in a dustbowl setting which also adds meaning to the shot. This image has a depressed feeling as well. It reminds me of the Great Depression because the image is of an older woman holding a young child, most likely her grandchild, and they are in a baron field, which seems like the type of setting for the Great Depression. The woman in the photograph is in extremely normal clothes, nothing out of the ordinary (obviously depending on the time period of the photograph) so you can assume that the family does not have a lot of money, and that means that the parents of this child are probably out trying to make money at jobs, leaving the kid to be taken care of by the grandmother. The photographer made this photograph black and white because the lack of color adds to the effect of the image, making it seem as if all color is drained from the depressed area. This same drained feeling is also represented by the dustbowl setting where nothing is able to grow.
3) It appears that in this image the artist who edited it darkened the sky because the image was most likely to hot to use. There is a lot of similarity between the houses and buildings on the side of the street, which makes the kids running in the middle of the road stand out much more then anything else, becoming the subject matter. The image is obviously being staged in a ghetto, making that the theme of the image. Looking at this image I see three kids crossing the street in a ghetto neighborhood, which makes me assume they are going to do something they should not be doing. By framing these kids in the foreground of the image, it is easy for the artist to make them the subject matter and still have a lot of different things going on in the background. The image is also in high depth of field so you can get the full effect of their surroundings. There are a lot of reds and yellows in the image, but the kids are presented in darker colors, making them stand out better then anything else. Doug Ricard is the
photographer of this image.
4) Based on the background and the quality of the lighting, I am assuming that this is a studio lit image. The lighting keeps the black and white image from having a depressing feel to it. The image has a curious and happy mood to it. I say this because of the expression on the woman's face in the picture. She is smiling and looking off in the distance to the side, seeming like she is thinking about something. When I look at this picture I think of something along the lines of "A glint of happiness in a hopeless time." I think this because the woman seems to still have something to hold on to that makes her happy, even though she is old and eventually all people die. I am curious what she is looking over at or what she is thinking about. This image is in low depth of field, because she is the only thing visible, but it may also be that the background has nothing to it, being a blank white backdrop. Herb Ritz is the photographer of this image.
5) To express the mood of this image, it was done in black and white, and also based on my knowledge from class, i know that it was made from two different pictures being clashed together. This image has a very depressed and ominous mood to it. This photographer is talking about death. The dead body on the table ( I say table because it doesn't seem to be a bed) is the same person as the man looking down upon it. This makes me think that the man is thinking about how easily anyone could die, even himself. I feel very apathetic about this image, being that it doesn't seem to evoke any emotion in me. The contrast of this image makes "both" people in it seem very dark and all of their surroundings seem light, adding to the depressing tone of the image.